Veteran scrum-half Conor Murray has returned home to Ireland midway through Munster's tour of South Africa for personal reasons.
We are now midway through the URC campaign, with all 16 teams having played the first nine of their 18 regular season matches.
Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
With the opening up of international borders, European teams have been able to travel to South Africa regularly for the first time over the last month after the visits earlier in the season to Europe from the Stormers, Bulls, Lions and Sharks.
A panel of RugbyPass writers have come together to celebrate the best (and worst) of Super Rugby so far this year with our annual Super Rugby Mid-Season Awards.
Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Super Rugby match between the Hurricanes and the Sharks at Sky Stadium.
It may still be January, but the 25th season of Super Rugby will kick off later this week and it’s hard not to get excited about what the new year offers.
Head coaches Sean Everitt and Pote Human have named their sides for this weekend's Super Rugby clash between the Sharks and the Bulls in Durban on Friday.
It's been just under a week since the Crusaders claimed their third successive Super Rugby crown, but how do they, and others, fare in the RugbyPass Super Rugby End-Of-Season Awards?